Just like the headline says..

I want manga suggestions with characters who are reaching for some type of dreams such as cooking, sports, actress/actor, singer...

NO smut, mature or anything like that..

Some examples:
Skip beat
Prince of Tennis
[m]Eyshield 21[/m]
Beauty Pop


thx in advance

Hitoribocchi wa Samishikute is a good one.

Full Moon Wo Sagashite

She wants to become a famous singer before she dies (she's terminal). But it's not a super depressive manga or anything.

K-on!
Suzuka

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So tell me, what's it like living in a constant haze of stupidity?

The good:
Hikaru No Go: Definitely the best example I can think of
Nodame Cantanbile: Loved this one
Piano no Mori: I haven't read it myself, but I'm pretty sure this is a good one too.
Subaru and its sequel Moon
Touch and Cross Game: Both about baseball and from the same author
Dragon Zakura: Want to get into Tokyo University
Ashita no Ousama
Song of the Cloud: Start a band with their own set of unique outcasts from the Korean music industry.
Crimson Hero
Glass no Kamen: This one's reaaaaally long though
Hourou Musuko: This is more of a slice of life but it's about a girl who wants to be a boy and a boy who wants to be a girl.
Samurai High School
Cat Street
The One

The OK:
Kodomo no Omocha
Shion no Ou
Suki desu Suzuki-kun: I actually really like this one, but it probably focuses on romance as much or more than their dreams.

The more superficial typical shojo (however I'm pretty sure I would put skip beat below here too, so you might still want to check these out):
Ice Revolution
Mixed Vegetables
Ardour
Bibi: Lol the art in this really really annoys me.
Complex
Kirei no Tamago

uhhh and this one Teen Spirit is about a band and on my reading list, but I've either forgotten about it or never gotten around to reading it.
Aozora Yell: This one sounds good, I haven't read it yet though.



Last edited by iheartramen at 2:57 pm, Feb 26 2011

one piece is a good one (pirates)
The One modeling (kind of)
Seiyuu-Ka! being a seiyuu
Ao no Futsumashi
Teppen
maybe this forum? http://www.mangaupdates.com/showtopic.php?tid=22721&hl =chasing%20dreams

Tower of god is at last as far as it have come now a hunt for the main characters dream

W-Juliet - acting
Gokinjo Monogatari - fashion
H2 - baseball
actually, any of Adachi Mitsuru's work fits. I liked H2 and Cross Game best
Ashita no Ousama - playwriting

Aqua/Aria